Author: Bryan Battisto
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What is happening at Stanford?
When Stanford announced they were cutting their program in July 2020, it was like getting punched in the gut. Growing up in Santa Cruz, Palo Alto was a hop, skip, and a jump away. A 45 minute drive “over the hill” puts you onto Stanford’s beautiful campus. The weather is always nice, the architecture is…
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New Logo… New Teams… Same PAC-12?
Conference realignment is something college sports fans have still been getting use to the last few years. Media partnerships and broadcast time has been major factors in why we see teams shift conferences, but some of the conference moves are still raising eyebrows as the schools will move to a conference whose history has long…
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Why are they NOT transferring?
When you look at the current landscape of collegiate wrestling, two major programs have risen to the top of people’s conversations for having the deepest wrestling room in the country: Penn State and Oklahoma State. Both programs have been able to field multiple National Champions and All-Americans for the past two seasons, as well as…
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Legends Never Die: Remembering J
While camping yesterday, a few people reached out to me and said that J Robinson passed away. I only was able to get signal for a few moments while walking around my campsite as the texts trickled in. I immediately thought back to my last interaction with him that I could remember. I had worked…
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Should we have state/sectional duals?
Last fall, the Central Section committee brought up the idea of implementing a Sectional Dual Championship, similar to the one that the Southern Section has, offering 6 teams the opportunity to compete for a Section title in a dual tournament format, dividing the teams into divisions. Last season, the Southern Section crowned St John Bosco…
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Building your Brand – Identity, Consistency, and Value.
Building your Brand – Identity, Consistency, and Value. Social Media is a projection of who you are and what you’re about. It’s not who you are and your inherent value doesn’t come from Social Media. However, with the increase in NIL opportunities available and the changes in the ways people market themselves, it can be…
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Why Gilman left OSU and what that says about the program.
Gilman is an absolute sparkplug. I remember being in college and watching him compete and I loved his mentality. He is a relentless competitor and someone that isn’t afraid to scrap as well as being outspoken about his opinion. Flowrestling’s Love Me or Hate Me was a great introspection into how Thomas Gilman’s upbringing and…